#26 Cincinnati Bengals

Value: $871 million
Profit: $18 million

The Brown family, which is the majority owner of the Bengals, bought the 30% of the team owned by the Knowlton estate for $200 million in December. The Bengals have been a very profitable team with a hefty pile of cash on their balance sheet, thus the Brown family did not borrow money to finance the purchase. Bengals' attendance fell 18% and was the worst in the NFL in 2011. The team cut ticket prices this season as much as 33% to help stem blackouts, which were a league-worst six in 2011.